Improvement in sad-irons



W, DUI-SEN B. SHERWOOD.

" Sad-1x0 No. 197,768. Pitented Dec. 4, 18 77.

UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. DOLSEN AND JOHN B. SHERWOOD, OF MOBERLY, MISSOURI.

' IMPROVEMENT IN SAD-IRONS.

Specification forming part of- Letters Patent No. 197,768, datedDecember 4, 1577 application filed October 6, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM B. DOLSEN andJoHN B. SHERWOOD, of Moberly,in the county of Randolph and State of Missouri, have invented a new andImproved Sad-Iron, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to sad-irons of the reversible kind and thenature of our invention consists in a novel means of heating the iron bythe flame of a lamp-burner arranged in side of it, at the same timeprotecting the hollow handle and the oil-vessel therein from becomingunduly heated, as will be understood from the following description.

In the annexed drawing, Figure l is a sectiontakenlongitudinallyandverticallythrough the improved sad-iron, and Fig. 2 a top view of thesad-iron.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates a reversible sad- 'iron, to' the front and rearends of which are pivoted standards, that have a hollow cylindricalhandle,B,rigidly secured to them. The

front standard O is pivoted 011 a rigidly-fixedstud, a, to which a rod,b, is pivoted.

. When the rod bis raised and pressed between two spring griping-jaws, cc, the sad-- iron cannot be turned about its axis of motion.

When the locking-rod is detached from its jaws it is used for turningthe iron A, one hand grasping the handle B.

The standard O is connected,by an annular joint, 6, to a grooved flange,f, on the rear end of the iron A,through which flange is an open-- ing,s, leading into the hollow iron. (Shown in Fig. 1.)

Inside of the hollow handle B is a cylindrical oil-reservoir, G, havinga feed-tube, g, at its exposed or outer end, which is closed by astopple, k. Below this feed-tube g, and communicating with the exposedend of the oilreceiver, is a wick-tube, H, which is connected, by awooden coupling, '5, to a right-angular wick-tube,H,the lower limb ofwhich is passed through the said opening 8 and into thecombustion-chamber, so that when the wick is lighted at h the flame willheat the iron A.

It will be observed that the opening through the back of the iron A ismuch larger than the diameter of the wick-tube H; consequently we have afree ventilation of the air into and In combination with the reversiblehollow A sad-iron A and its tubular handle B, the removableoil-reservoir G and a wick-tube composed of the parts H, H, and i, andthe filling-tube g, substantially in the manner and for the purposesdescribed.

WVILLIAM BACON 'DOLSEN. JOHN BOGGESS SHERWOOD.

Witnesses:

JOHN CAMPBELL, WILLIAM OAK.

